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Parenting similar to joining a rowing club? No, it’s more like a never-ending marathon
The manager who made light of her employee’s childcare duties should try looking after a small human for a few days
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The basic concept of a dog in a coat is stupid
Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly debate the dos and (mostly) don’ts of dressing up dogs in natty coats
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Dear Richard Madeley: I had to make some people redundant – now I’m dreading the office party
Past Christmas parties have seen work-related grievances emerge in the form of long rants and even some fisticuffs
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Shame on anyone who buys their pets a Christmas present
When millions of children are starving, the eye-watering sums spent on pointless gifts for animals seem all the more decadent
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Bad parenting takes many forms – overindulgence is just one
Whether they are too harsh or too indulgent, many parents make the mistake of seeing their children as extensions of themselves
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61 is the official start of old age? Surely that can’t be right
While we’re all young at heart, I refuse to be pigeon-holed into a decrepit existence of ‘can’t’ and ‘shouldn’t’
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How soon is too soon to date again after a break-up?
Moving on too quickly is not unlike when the monarch dies and we have to get our heads around a new title the very next day
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We should not treat living creatures as inanimate objects
Embattled former partners still seem to adopt the law’s view of pets as chattels
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Not speaking to your children? Smartphones have a lot to answer for
Parenting should be a pleasure as much as a duty
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Parenting similar to joining a rowing club? No, it’s more like a never-ending marathon
The manager who made light of her employee’s childcare duties should try looking after a small human for a few days
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Dear Richard Madeley: My eco-warrior daughter is guilt-tripping me into a long train journey
The trains are expensive, unreliable and uncomfortable – can I silence my conscience if I end up getting a plane instead?
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What are the best kids toys for Christmas 2024? Your guide to this year’s most popular toy trends
From Barbie to Furby, Lego to Lol Dolls, here are the very best toys for children this year (if the kids somehow haven’t told you already)
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Vanessa Feltz: ‘I was quite suggestible and basically up for it’
The television personality talks about her school girl flirtations, her journey to Cambridge University and her thoughts on marriage
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£250 gift vouchers and a brace of pheasants: how Christmas gifts for teachers got out of hand
In the middle of a cost of living crisis, being gift-shamed by other parents is the last thing anyone needs – but it hasn’t stopped some...
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The ‘tough love’ school that puts its pupils in a boxing ring
For teenagers excluded from mainstream education, an academy in east London offers a fresh start with life skills taught by throwing punches
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Schools that get the most pupils into Russell Group universities: search your area with our postcode tool
With places at the UK’s top universities limited, which schools are the top recruiting grounds for the Russell Group institutions?
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‘My daughter had a meltdown and never returned to school’
The struggle for some children to remain in class is not a simple case of truancy. Here parents and children share their stories
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Ban smartphones from schools, says major UN report
Report warns excessive mobile phone use is associated with poor educational performance and emotional instability
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‘My child was missing school because of illness – but I was accused of making things up’
A broken education system is the reason so many pupils are missing from class, argues one struggling mother
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Would you tutor your toddler to pass the 4+ exam?
From now until February, selective schools will be testing under-fives to determine to whom they should offer a place – cue parental panic
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Marriage Diaries: My husband is so old-school he wants me to write Christmas cards, not send e-cards
I’m tired of writing hundreds of cards – and think he is being totally unreasonable
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Dear Richard Madeley: My wife wants a ‘surprise’ for Christmas – help!
I worried that I won’t be able to get her something she likes, and I’m apprehensive about what I’m going to end up with too
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I’m single again this Christmas – this is my game plan for avoiding loneliness
You don’t need to have a partner to enjoy this time of year
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I’m worried about seeing my husband’s first wife at their daughter’s wedding
Should I try to sit down with her before the wedding, or simply feign illness on the big day?
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Dear Richard Madeley: My partner and his ex-wife are getting on very well – should I be worried?
She recently bought him an expensive present for his birthday, and I doubt her current husband knows she did
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My children are abroad for Christmas – and I’m looking forward to a year off
My husband says I’m being grinchy and that we should decorate the house, but I honestly can’t be bothered
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We’re divorced – but we still live in the same house
One former couple on their journey from a stressful marriage breakdown to a successful no-split agreement, and what they do to make it work
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I’ve been looking after my grandson for three weeks straight – I’m delighted school is back again
I’ve been a parent – and I don’t want to be one again
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The vital life skills your grandchildren aren’t learning
We’re raising bright kids, but can they boil an egg? Jo Dunbar explores how grandparental wisdom can plug the gap in practical knowledge
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‘I want to be a grandparent but my daughter doesn’t want children’
With the UK’s birth rate at its lowest since records began, experts offer advice to the people navigating later life without grandchildren
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My in-laws blame the grandchildren for every sniffle
Cases of shingles, flu and chest infections have been unfairly levelled at our kids – and I’m sick of the situation
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Why men find it so hard to say sorry
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I’m single again this Christmas – this is my game plan for avoiding loneliness
You don’t need to have a partner to enjoy this time of year
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I’m worried about seeing my husband’s first wife at their daughter’s wedding
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When my fiancé died of alcoholism his friends blamed me for not stopping him drinking
I’ve never felt so angry and frustrated and alone – Stephen’s suffering is over, but mine continues and it affects everything in my life
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Dear Richard Madeley: My partner and his ex-wife are getting on very well – should I be worried?
She recently bought him an expensive present for his birthday, and I doubt her current husband knows she did
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My children are abroad for Christmas – and I’m looking forward to a year off
My husband says I’m being grinchy and that we should decorate the house, but I honestly can’t be bothered
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12 of Britain’s wildest winter experiences
From stargazing and cycling to surfing and hiking, here's how to master the art of winter adventure this season
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We’re divorced – but we still live in the same house
One former couple on their journey from a stressful marriage breakdown to a successful no-split agreement, and what they do to make it work
